Top 10 Worldwide Health Industry 2019 Predictions

By Lynne A. Dunbrack – November 8, 2018

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This blog lists the top 10 worldwide predictions for the health industry. These technology predictions are meant to help the enterprise with strategic planning within a typical five-year business planning cycle.

The 2019 worldwide health industry predictions offer insight into the future of the health industry as it is being transformed in the new digital era. The future belongs to visionary leaders and forward-thinking organizations that are able to break the shackles of legacy systems and accelerate mastering digital-first strategies. The thrivers will be those that champion data-driven, experiential, and personalized approaches through health IT.

These predictions suggest that in the next five years, healthcare and life science organizations will continue to focus on the adoption of disruptive and innovative technologies, which will drive digital transformation (DX) forward at a rapid pace through several key themes, including:

Technology-driven transformation altering business and society

Speed of change, delivery, and operations separating thrivers and survivors

Prediction 6: Orchestration of healthcare provider engagement will allow 50% of pharma reps to accomplish all field duties on one device — a smartphone — by 2022.

Prediction 7: With growing patient advocacy and favorable regulatory guidance, real-world evidence will lead to the approval of five new drugs and 10 new medical devices by 2023.

Prediction 8: Driven by the cost of specialty drugs and the evolution of negotiated bundled procedures, 30% of the Fortune 500 will offer employer-direct healthcare by 2021, bypassing traditional health insurance.

Prediction 9: The need to liberate data for secure multiparty information sharing across healthcare and life science ecosystems will increase blockchain use eightfold by 2022.

Learn more about the 2019 Health Industry Predictions

For context around these predictions, including the IT impact and guidance on how to integrate each prediction in the digital strategy of the enterprise, view the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Health Industry 2019 Predictions web conference on-demand.